Create simple pre-order experiences. Clear pre-order comms + post-purchase tools can increase sales.
With Purple Dot, you can create end-to-end pre-order experiences to easily sell products before you have stock. Our pre-order app enables a free checkout for customers, vaults their card, and auto-charges when you are ready to ship. We also provide clear customer comms and a self-service cancel + amend tool so that your customers are fully informed on their pre-order, which helps build trust with your customers. Even if your shipping dates change, update your customers with one click.



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2025-02-27
The best pre-order app. Incredible development help too. This is so simple to use and takes about 2 minutes to get set up. Couldn't more highly recommend. So easy to to change ship dates. Purple dot does all the hard work for you
2024-04-05
Switzerland
Great app, easy to use!
2024-03-11
United Kingdom
What I love about this app is that the customer doesn't pay for the goods until it's ready to ship. We felt that this was really important in todays market. It's super simple to use and I prefer paying for each transaction rather than a monthly amount as we have so many apps! Having it installed means that we don't miss out on those important sales!
2024-01-09
United States
This app has been very easy to install and operate on our own. When we do run into issues (like the app working with other apps) the customer service is fast, efficient and personal, and I can always get them on a call or via email almost immediately. That alone makes this app worth it as many of these add ons have little to no service. Highly recommend!
2023-08-01
United Kingdom
I have very recently set up my Shopify store and am still getting to grips with all it has to offer. From the reviews for Purple Dot I thought it would be the best app to use for pre-orders, plus I like how they just charge a fee for each sale and not a monthly subscription as many of the others I looked into. I had a little enquiry and am absolutely thrilled with the customer service from Zach. He has replied to my messages very quickly and has been super helpful, even sending me a personal video with a step by step guide to help me with my enquiry which was super easy to follow. Absolutely recommend and would give more stars if I could. Thanks Zach and Purple Dot!
2023-06-19
United States
Purple Dot is such a great app! We started using it very recently, so we're kicking ourselves for not finding it sooner. Before Purple Dot, we took some pre-orders, but it was no different than how we took orders for in-stock items. And one of the benefits with Purple Dot is the amount of time we've saved by not having to constantly email angry customers asking us when their purchase will arrive. Not to mention the stellar and responsive help from the support team! Full Disclosure: We have yet to fulfill a pre-order, but I'm optimistic the process will be great.